Nursery accessory



Aug. 19, 1941. D. E. NEWMAN 2,252,943

NURSERY ACCESSORY 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 22, 1940 In van tor flarelzzyeiwfwszwfiam A ttomeys Patented Aug. 19, 1941 NURSERY ACCESSORY Dave Eugene Newman, Ellis ton, Mont., assignor of one-half to Leo T. Newman Application March 22, 1940, Serial No. 325,467

1 Claim.

This invention is a device primarily adapted for use in lieu of the usual nursery chair now generally resorted to in teaching children of tender years proper habits as to defecation and the like; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is in the form of a novelty and will prove attractive to such children, providing for them amusement while the same is being used for the purpose primarily intended.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on' line 5-5 of Fig, 1, and

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that in the preferred embodiment thereof, the device comprises a stool 5 made of Wood or other suitable material and which tapers from its rear to its front in plan.

The stool 5 comprises a seat 6 supported by side legs 1 and a front leg 8, the legs 1 converging towards one another as they merge or meet with the front leg 8.

The seat 6 is provided with a suitable opening 9 therein as shown.

At the front of the stool 5 there is provided a standard N) that is preferably formed integral with the front leg 8 and extends upwardly above the seat 6 to the desired extent.

Mounted on the upper end of the standard I0 is a suitable stub axle II on which is revolubly or rotatably mounted a disk or wheel l2.

Also there is provided a foot rest 13 in the form of a narrow elongated bar that extends transversely of the stool at the front end thereof.

The foot rest I3 is secured at the desired position of elevational adjustment through the methe device has been used the said pot or dium of nut equipped bolts [4 carried thereby and accommodated in vertical slots l5 provided therefor in the lower portion of the front leg 8 of the stool as clearly shown.

It will thus be seen that the foot rest l3 may be placed at the desired elevation and by threading home the nuts IS on the bolts I 4, said foot rest will be secured at the desired elevation of adjustment.

Suitably supported within the confines of the stool 5 through the medium of the legs 1 and 8, is a shelf I! that is spaced downwardly from the seat 6 a distance sufficient to form with the seat and leg structure of the stool a compartment [8 that accommodates the usual chamber or pot l9. In actual practice, the child straddles the stool 5 facing the wheel l2 and may toy with the wheel during the time of occupying the stool. The pot or chamber l 9 is placed within the compartment I 8 in alignment with the opening 9, and after chamber may be readily removed from the compartment l8.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a nursery accessory which will have many advantages over the general type of nursery chair now generally used, and which at the same time can be cheaply and economically constructed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A nursery accessory of the character described comprising a stool having a seat and supporting legs, said stool tapering longitudinally and gradually diminishing in width progressively from the rear to the front end thereof, a standard rising from said stool at the front end thereof, an amusement device mounted on said standard, and said stool being provided with a pot accommodating compartment opening at the rear end of the stool, and the seat of said stool constituting the top of said compartment and equipped with an opening and a foot bar extending transversely across the front of the stool and supported for vertical adjustment on said front of the stool.

DAVE EUGENE NEWMAN. 

